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Palaeortyx Palaeortyx gallica (Milne-Edwards 1869)
/pˈæliːˌɔːɹɾɪks/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Messinian) · 27.3–5.3 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Countries
Italy, Spain, Germany
Regions
Piedmont · Rheinland-Pfalz · Cataluña · Segovia
Formations
facies à Congeria · Enspel
Dig sites
9
distinct collections
Overview
Palaeortyx gallica is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 27.3–5.3 million years ago. It was a granivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Piedmont, Italy and elsewhere. It was named by (Milne-Edwards 1869). The species is represented by 11 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~36%
well attested
Based on 11 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Palaeortyx gallica sits in deep time
Palaeortyx
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Palaeortyx gallica's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.